Hey Readers! Oh my gosh I am becoming slower at these and I'm not even going to promise to be quicker because I know I won't be...I think the main reason is writers block...it's a disease! Well everybody gets it at some point. Also, I just noticed the mistake I made in the last two chapters with a lantern and necklace or hourglass or whatever...I'm too lazy to edit and it's not a big deal so oh well. P.S. the ages for all of Rai's siblings are: Ricardo- 21, Reanna-19, Renaldo-17, Rebecca-16, Rachel-15, Raimundo-14, Raphael-14, Rico-6 (I also think of Clay-15, Kimiko-14, and Omi-10...if you imagine otherwise then it doesn't really matter)...Anyway, on with unlucky chapter 13...

Life of a Xiaolin Dragon

Chapter 13: Worse than Betrayal

Dojo landed back at the temple and as soon as Rai stepped off of the dragon he was attacked with questions.

"So how come the police are after you?" Kimiko asked while backing him into a corner.

"It's not a big deal!" Raimundo replied as he put his hands up in defence.

"If it's not a big deal then there is no problem in telling us." She smirked.

Raimundo sighed and slid himself out of the corner and into a chair at the dining table. The other monks followed and did the same. After everyone was seated Raimundo began his story.

"Well we were poor so I just stole food for us from time to time. You see...no big deal." Rai shrugged.

"You were a thief?" Kimiko accused.

"Well it wasn't just me!" Raimundo argued, "Ricardo and Raphael helped and besides, we only stole what we needed and nothing more."

"Well then why would the police be after ya so badly?" Clay asked.

"I don't know...they don't like thieves and they don't like Pedrosa's." Rai shrugged.

"Are ya sure that's all?" Clay questioned.

"Mhmm." Rai mumbled.

Kimiko placed a hand on his shoulder to try and comfort him.

"Please Rai, what aren't you telling us? We're all sick and tired of the secrets." She searched his face for an answer but none came.

"Rai what did you do?" she asked again.

He broke out of his daze and looked at the Japanese girl. "Nothing." He answered quickly. "I...I mean I already told you."

"Rai-"she started but got cut off.

"It's nothing, just drop it!"

Everybody looked at Raimundo with confusion and worry. The only thought going through their heads was 'what did Raimundo do?' and they weren't going to drop it until they found out.

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"How is it possible?" Wuya screeched. "How can that pathetic monk have the medallion of Pedrosa?"

"Calm down Wuya. It shouldn't be hard to take it from him."

"But Hannibal couldn't even get it!"

"That's because he only wanted revenge. I however want power and that medallion is all I need."

"What does it even do?" Wuya asked.

Chase just rolled his eyes at the witch's idiocy. "It has unimaginable power. It can dry up oceans and wipe out rainforests."

"Are we going to go get it now?" Wuya said greedily.

"Patience Wuya," they Heylin monster sighed, "We strike when the time is right."

However, unbeknownst to anyone, a robot was in the corner of the room recording everything that was being said.

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"Great job spy bot!" Jack Spicer smirked. "No one will know what hit them! Muahahahaha!" The evil genius rubbed his hands together menacingly while uttering his trademark laugh.

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Three out of the four monks were left sitting at the table.

"Do ya think he's maybe upset by the fact he can't see his family?" Clay suggested.

Omi thought about it until nodding in agreement. "That does seem to be something that may trouble Raimundo greatly...but what can we do."

Kimiko's smile grew a little bigger as she thought of the answer. "Rai may not be able to go see his family but that doesn't mean we can't. We may be able to bring some of them back to the temple and hopefully learn more about Raimundo."

"Sounds like a plan to me!" Clay grinned. "Let's go get Dojo."

The Xiaolin Dragons went to the tiny dragon and explained what they wanted to do. Dojo seemed to be all on board and the monks were soon on their way to Rio de Janeiro.

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"How much longer Dojo?" Kimiko asked.

"Just a few more minutes."

Kimiko looked at the scenery glide past her eyes as she thought about what meeting Raimundo's family would be like.

I'm so excited! Hopefully I'll learn more about Rai...I really am tired of him keeping all of these secrets.

After a few minutes of Kimiko being deep in thought Dojo announced that they had arrived. They all hopped off and Dojo rested on Clay's shoulders. After a few minutes of walking they finally arrived at the Pedrosa house. It was a small building that looked pretty run down but the yard outside was filled with a bunch of kids resembling the ones in the family photo they had found. As they approached the yard the family looked up with confusion at the newcomers.

"Oh...hey guys!" Ricardo said. He got up from playing cards with a boy who looked to be about 17 years old and walked over to the monks. "Everyone, this is Omi, Kimiko, Clay, and Dojo," he said as he pointed to each one, "and they're from the temple Rai's at."

Immediately after Raimundo was mentioned all of their faces lit up and the monks found themselves attacked with questions. Throughout all of the madness a little boy came up to Dojo in amazement.

"Are you a dinosaur? He asked excitedly. Everybody looked at him in confusion.

"Um...no I'm a dragon...why?" Dojo replied with even more confusion than before.

"It would be cool if you were because I'm a dinosaur." The little boy ignored the stares from the monks and the laughs from his siblings and hugged his plush dino tighter in his arms.

"I'm confused." Dojo stated as he scanned the crowd expecting one of them to give him an explanation. However the little boy was the one to respond.

"Me and my brother Raimundo are both dinosaurs. I'm Rico-saurus and he is Raimundo Rex. I thought it would be nice to meet another dinosaur but dragons are cool. They're like dinosaurs that fly." Rico looked down and the smile had vanished from his face.

"What's wrong little buddy?" Ricardo asked. He kneeled in front of the six year old and looked into his deep green eyes.

"I miss Raimundo." He stated. Everybody looked at him with compassion.

"Well I reckon we should be headin' back soon...you could come with us if you'd like?" Clay suggested.

Rico smiled and latched himself onto Clay's leg while uttering his thanks.

"When are we going? Are we going now?" he looked up at the Texan with anticipation.

"Come on Rico...they just came. Let's give them some time to settle down and then you can go." Ricardo said.

Clay walked over to a couple of boys playing cards in the grass. One who looked to be about Raimundo's age greeted him.

"Hey. My name is Raphael and that is Renaldo."

"Howdy partners...I'm Clay Bailey." He said as he tipped his hat.

"So what's your element?" Renaldo asked.

"Earth." He replied.

"That's cool...I haven't met many. I'm the Dragon of Water."

"Me too!" Omi piped in. Everybody jumped when he spoke because he came out of nowhere. "My name is Omi and I am the greatest Xiaolin Dragon of all time!"

"Is that so?" Renaldo laughed. "Well, I believe you. You guys want to play some cards?"

"What are we playing?" Clay asked as he plopped himself down on the grass.

"Texas hold em." Raphael answered while he shuffled the cards.

"I do not understand," Omi furrowed his brows together. "I thought we were in Brazil."

Everybody planted their face in their palm understanding that it was going to be a long game.

Meanwhile, Kimiko had settled in nicely with the girls. The eldest one introduced herself as Reanna and then there was Rebecca and Rachel.

"It must be torture for you having to live with no girls around!" Rachel stated.

Kimiko nodded her head in agreement. "It can be dreadful at times."

"So you're the Dragon of Fire?" Rebecca asked. Kimiko just nodded. "Me too. I always get made fun of by Ricardo and Renaldo claiming that wind and water elementals are better."

"How are you a fire elemental and your brothers are water and wind?" Kimiko asked.

"It's due to a lot of things. Your ancestors, your personality and whether you live in your element. You have to feel your element and be one with it. That's why they make fun of me...I'm the Dragon of fire and they say that I have a temper to match." Rebecca shook her head in disagreement as she told the last part. "They're always saying that fire is the least important."

"Well that is true," Kimiko commented sarcastically. "It's not like fire is useful for anything. It just provides warmth and light."

Rebecca laughed as Reanna stated her theory. "You seem like the kind of girl Rai would like."

"I was just going to say the same thing." Rachel agreed.

Kimiko was in shock. "What! I don't think so. Rai tends to go for the superficial kind of girls."

"That boy is so stupid." Reanna shook her head in disapproval. "He doesn't think he can get a decent girl so he goes after the fake ones."

"When will he learn?" Rachel wondered.

As the three sisters were talking amongst themselves Kimiko was thinking about what Reanna had said.

I can't believe she said that Rai would like me! I hope she's right. I think I might like him...hell I think I'm in love with him. Maybe I'll let him know how I feel when we go back.

"Earth to Kimiko!" Rebecca waved her hand in front of her face breaking her from her thoughts. "What were you thinking about? Oh my god! Do you like Raimundo?" she squealed.

"No I don't! How could you think that?" Kimiko snapped

"Oh I think she does!" Rachel agreed.

"You guys are unbelievable." Kimiko pouted but it was soon broken from her urge to laugh along with the rest of them.

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"Where do you think they are Master Fung?" Raimundo asked referring to his friends.

"Why don't you ask them, it appears as though they have arrived."

Raimundo looked up in the sky and saw the silhouette of Dojo but something was different. Instead of only three passengers there were six. When the dragon finally landed the smallest passenger hopped off and ran towards Rai. "Raimundo Rex!" he screamed as he jumped into the older boy's arms.

"Rico-saurus! What are you doing here?"

"Your friends came to our house and then the dragon grew and flew us here!"

Raimundo looked up to thank his friends but the thought was pushed aside by two people running towards him. He gently put Rico on the ground and went to go hug his other two siblings.

"Renaldo! Rebecca! I can't believe you're both here."

"We've missed you so much!" Rebecca squealed.

"Sorry no one else could come though." Renaldo said. "Some had to stay to make money to pay the rent and apparently Dojo has a carrying capacity."

"That's fine...I'm just so glad you guys could come!" Raimundo averted his attention towards the three monks. "Thanks so much!"

"No problem Rai, we know how much you wanted to see your family so we brought what we could to you." Kimiko explained.

"Well I really appreciate it." He smiled.

"Oh isn't this sweet." A reptilian voice growled.

Everybody looked over to see Chase Young smirking with a heylin witch perched over his shoulder.

"What do you want?" Omi challenged as he got into a fighting position.

"The medallion," Chase gestured towards Raimundo. "It doesn't belong to a pathetic warrior such as yourself."

"Raimundo?" Rico started tugging at the pant leg of his older brother. "Is he mean?"

"Go inside Rico." Raimundo ordered.

Why?" The little boy pouted.

"Because I said so." Rai shot back.

Rebecca led her little brother inside. "Come on Rico, let's go get you a snack."

Rico's face lit up as he ran inside. As Rebecca passed by her brothers she whispered something to them...mainly at Raimundo. "Just be careful...don't do anything stupid."

Rai wasn't sure whether or not he should laugh or roll his eyes so he settled on a glare.

"What's the matter Raimundo," Chase smirked. "Don't want to be a bad influence?"

"What are you talking about?" Raimundo said. He tried to keep his composure but judging by Chase's face he seemed to have faltered.

"You know." Wuya chimed in. "Joining the Heylin side...more than once."

"What are they talking about?" Renaldo asked.

Rai looked at his brother. His expression was now filled with worry. "I...I don't know."

"You went Heylin...twice?"

"Actually I think it was three." Omi wondered. "Maybe four."

"Not helping..." Kimiko coughed.

"Rai..." Renaldo began, "I thought you were better than that."

"Well you of all people should know that he isn't." Chase spat.

Renaldo looked at his brother and saw the fear in his eyes. He knew what Chase was talking about and this situation was just getting worse.

"What do you mean?" Kimiko questioned. "Rai's a good person." She looked at him and saw that he was trembling. Something was wrong...he's never looked this nervous before.

"Is that what you think...you Xiaolin are more gullible than I thought." He smirked.

"Rai partner, what aren't you telling us?"

"N-Nothing." Raimundo stammered.

"If you're not telling them...then I will." Chase looked at the Dragon of the Wind with an evil glint in his eye.

Everything in Rai's body went cold as soon as Chase spoke.

I'm ruined. They'll never accept me ever again. This is horrible. This isn't like the times when I went on the Heylin side for the first time or any time. This is worse than betrayal...much worse.

Alrighty...that's it...please PLEASE review...I would definitely appreciate it!